H.R. 9282 — Encouraging Public Service in Our National Parks and Public Land Act

This section states that units of the National Park System and other public lands are protected for the benefit of all Americans and that fee-free days on federal recreational lands should align with important dates and holidays to encourage volunteerism and national pride.

This section requires the Secretary to provide a fee-free admission or use day each year on six specified dates for Federal recreational lands and waters: Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday (third Monday in January), the first day of National Park Week (April), Juneteenth (June 19), Great American Outdoors Day (August 4), National Public Lands Day (fourth Saturday in September), and Veterans Day (November 11). It retains the Secretary’s authority to designate additional fee-free days.